[a] is a 1967 British horror-thriller film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors and Judy Geeson.

In time, the circus enjoys a successful tour of performances—that is, until Monica's daughter, Angela, mysteriously turns up, after her expulsion from school.

Later, Matilda is killed when a magician's trick involving the sawing of a woman in half goes wrong.

In August 1966, Joan Crawford signed to star, with filming to begin in October in London.

[9] In North America, the film grossed more than $1,100,000 and ranked #85 on Variety's list of top money makers of 1968.

This is the one solid thing the picture has going for it—the intriguing workaday routine of circus folk and some good, spangly ring acts, all handsomely conveyed in excellent color photography.

And under the reasonable direction of Jim O'Connolly, the film does project a kind of defiant suspense that dares you not to sit there, see who gets it next and, finally, why."

Thompson stated that Crawford "... is professional as usual and certainly the shapeliest ringmaster ever to handle a ring microphone.

"[12] Lawrence Quirk wrote in Hollywood Screen Parade that "[Crawford] is all over the picture, radiant, forceful, authoritative, a genuine movie star whose appeal never diminishes.

was released as a manufacture-on-demand Region 1 DVD on 6 September 2011, available online through the Warner Archive Collection and ClassicFlix in the U.S. only.

Mill Creek Entertainment released the film along with Strait-Jacket (1964) as a double-feature Blu-ray on 2 October 2018.